Lesser Flamingo, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

Juvenile Tiger Heron on the prow of a boat on Lake Sandoval, Peruvian Rainforest, South America

Chaffinch perches on post against snowy slope, Oxfordshire

Goldfinch on a birdfeeder loaded with thistle / niger seeds, Cotswolds, England

Tiger Heron on Lake Sandova, Peruvian Rainforest, South America

Brolga, Queensland, Australia

Spotted Owl bird, Athene brama, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

European Eagle Owl, Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Starling on a birdfeeder in a garden pecking at peanuts, Cotswolds, England

Gray-backed Fiscal (shrike), Grumet, Tanzania, East Africa

Black-Headed Ibis, Threskiornis melanocephalus, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) in breeding plumage in captivity, Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) in winter plumage calling from tree branch, St. James's Park, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Great Spotted Woodpecker on a birdfeeder pecking at peanuts, Cotswolds, England

Kelp Goose, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

Goldfinch perches by snowy slope in winter in The Cotswolds, UK

Usambiro Barbet, Grumet, Tanzania, East Africa

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

Kelp Goose, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Gray-backed Fiscal (shrike), Grumet, Tanzania, East Africa

White-fronted tern (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

Grey Crowned Crane, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, East Africa

Black Drongo, Dicrurus macrocercus, bird in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) on a beach near South Head , North Island, New Zealand

White-fronted tern (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

African Stonechat, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, East Africa

White-fronted tern (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

Guard, Vatican, Vatican City.

European starling (sturnus vulgaris) in winter plumage, perched on branch, bulgaria

Ruff (philomachus pugnax) male displaying at lek, in breeding plumage, varanger, norway

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) portrait of adult in breeding plumage, lake kerkini, greece

Ruff (philomachus pugnax) male displaying at lek, in breeding plumage, varanger, norway

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) close-up of face, adult in breeding plumage, lake kerkini, greece

A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.

A Snowy Sheathbill, Chionis albus, in a King Penguin colony at Gold Harbour, South Georgia.

A Wandering Albatross; Diomedea exulans, the bird with the largest wing span on the planet, at around 11 feet 6 inches, flying in the Drake Passage, Sub-Antarctic.

A Wandering Albatross; Diomedea exulans, the bird with the largest wing span on the planet, at around 11 feet 6 inches, nesting on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

A Wandering Albatross; Diomedea exulans, the bird with the largest wing span on the planet, at around 11 feet 6 inches, nesting on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

A Common Starling, Sturnus vulgaris in Seahouses, Northumberland, UK, moulting from Juvenile to adult plumage.

A Common Starling, Sternus vulgaris in Seahouses, Northumberland, UK.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) portrait of adult in breeding plumage, lake kerkini, greece

A young Song Thrush in a woodland in Kirkoswold, Eden Valley, Cumbria, UK.

King Penguins in the world's second largest King Penguin colony on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

A Black Browed Albatross; Thalassarche melanophrys, flying in the Drake Passage, Sub-Antarctica.

King Penguins on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, with passengers from an expedition cruise.

A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.

A female Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) amongst oil spilled from fishing boats in Seahouses harbour, Northumberland, UK.

King Penguins on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.

A Southern Giant Petrel, Macronectes giganteus, flying in the Drake Passage, Sub-Antarctic.

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) adult in breeding plumage, in flight, lake kerkini, greece

King Penguins in the world's second largest King Penguin colony on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

A King Penguin sleeping in the world's second largest King Penguin colony on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

A juvenile Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) on the coast in Northumberland, UK

A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken, calling to its mate.

King Penguins head out to sea on a fishing trip past ice at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) portrait of adult in breeding pluamge, bill pouch extended, lake kerkini, greece

Long-tailed duck (clangual hyernalis) adult male in summer breeding plumage, taking off from water, varanger, norway

King Penguins at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, with passengers from an expedition cruise.

White pelican (pelecanus onocrotalus) portrait of adult in breeding plumage, lake kerkini, greece

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) at rest on water, in breeding plumage, lake kerkini, greece

King Penguins at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

King Penguins in the world's second largest King Penguin colony on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Female ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus), moulting from winter plumage in April, Cairngorm, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A male Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) in Seahouses harbour, Northumberland, UK.

Ruff (philomachus pugnax) male at lek, in breeding plumage, varanger, norway

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) portrait of adult in breeding plumage, lake kerkini, greece

Ruff (philomachus pugnax) males displaying at lek, in breeding plumage, varanger, norway

Ruff (philomachus pugnax) male displaying at lek, in breeding plumage, varanger, norway

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) adult in breeding plumage on water, lake kerkini, greece

King Penguins at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, with passengers from an expedition cruise.

A free range chicken and eggs in an animal sanctuary near Alston, United Kingdom, Europe

Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Close up of a cock pheasant, Angus, Scotland

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias), Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Florida, United States of America, North America

A female eclectus parrot (Eclectus rotatus) at Bird World in Kuranda, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

A Guillemot (Uria aalge) covered in oil on a black sand volcanic beach at Vik, on Iceland's south coast, Iceland, Polar Regions

A pair of Black guillemots bonding in Oban, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) in flight over a saltwater lagoon in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) foraging for small pink shrimp (Artemia salina) in saltwater lagoon in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Adult male common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) in breeding plumage in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) foraging for small pink shrimp (Artemia salina) in saltwater lagoon in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Adult female Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) in full breeding plumage in the calm waters of Red Bluff Bay, Southeastern Alaska, USA

Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

An adult Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) in beautiful breeding plumage on Espanola Island in the Galapagois Island Archipelago, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean

Juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in flight in Takatz Bay on Baranof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA